Diaper Deal -- $3.70

I did this a few days and thought I would share it with you.

Head over to EBATES (for 1% cash back) and type “diapers.com” in the search box. If you have never used Ebates you and I will receive a $5 bonus. If you would prefer not to shop through these sites, you can go directly to Diapers.com.

Add 7 packs of the LUVS Jumbo Size diapers to your cart. They are $6.99 each, and your total will be $49.93. Add something else to your cart (like Pamper Travel Wipes for $1.99) to get your total above $49 so that you can get FREE shipping!

During Checkout, enter the Referral Code “ACDU3783” to get $10 off of your order (this code is good for new customers only). You will pay right around $41 for everything.

After you checkout, head over HERE to print out the form to send in for a $14.97 rebate (be sure to read the instructions carefully!)

You will end up paying $25.95 total for 7 packs of diapers (plus you’ll get wipes)… which comes out to only $3.70 each and you don’t have to drive anywhere.

Getting LUVS diapers is the best deal because they are the least expensive, but you can also do this with Pampers or Huggies… you will just end up paying a little more out of pocket.

I just found out they take manufacturer coupons so Huggies or Pampers might be just as good deal (thouse coupons are always out there). Click to find out about use of coupons.

GOOD LUCK with cheaper diapers!

Unbelievable Savings!

I am almost glad Saturday night is here—too many good deals at Rite aid this week.
Look at what I got:

$1,098.53 Total Cost w/o Coupon
$944.20 Coupon Savings
$154.33 Total Out of Pocket

$80.00 Gift Cards Earned (Rite Aid)
$33.00 Mail In Rebates
$179.74 Single Check Rebate (Rite Aid Rebate Program)

+$138.41 I ended up making money buying all this stuff!!!

PROFIT!

My shopping is coming to a close this month due to traveling. Since I can’t sleep I thought I would calculate my savings and I can’t believe it. Look at savings for the month of May:

Cost of Products (Pre-coupon/discount): $1447.22
Total Spent (with Gift Cards/Rewards, etc): $392.78
Gift Cards/Rewards, etc Used: $122.25
Out of Pocket Spent: $270.25
May Rebates--Cash & Gift Cards: $438.53

So this is the result for the month of May: PROFIT of $168.28

This obsession of couponing/rebating is really paying off!

Shopping Spree After Vacation

Well, Thursday we returned from Disney. Even though I was exhausted I had to go shopping on Friday and Saturday to get the deals. Look at my savings:

Total Pre Coupons: $300.35
Out of Pocket Expense: $68.29 (pre-tax)
Gift Cards Earned: $35 (Target and Discover Cards)
CVS Bucks Earned: $3 (just like cash at CVS)
Rebates Earned: $30.48 (From Rite Aid--easy, just entered them on the computer)

After Coupons, Rebates and Gift Cards: PROFIT $.19

I had most of my groceries all stock except a few veggies and fruit so most of what I bought was goodies and personal/medical items:

2 Trident Gums
1 Warm Delights
3 Honey Nut Cheerios 3 BC Cookie Mix
1 Dial Soap-3 pk
2 Sunflower Chips
4 Eat Smart Chips
1 Tortilla Chips6 BC Frostings
4 Hormel Compleat Meals 2 Ortega Salsa 1 Nestle Morsels 1 Planters Nut Bar 1 Electrasol Tabs 1 McCormick Clear Vanilla 15 Vitamin Water 4 Eggo Waffles
1 Marie Calendars Frozen Meal
3 Kotex Tampons
1 Colgate Toothpaste
1 Bagelfuls Frozen Breakfast
1 Apples-5 lbs
1 Banana bunch
2 Naval Oranges
1 Cauliflower
1 Ginger Root
4 Listerine Mouthwash
1 Electrasol
1 Mini Drop Therapy
5 Ban Deodorants
1 Saltaire Kit
2 Speed Stick Deodorants 4 Huggie Wipes 1 Kotex pads 15 Special K Cereal
2 Ritz Crackers

Also, I could have had $10 more off of that but I forgot to break my groceries into $25 transactions. A few transactions I had to buy gum so the store did not owe me something.

We won't be eating or using everything I bought--evey month I donate all our extra food and personal/medical items.

Happy Couponing to You!

Cleaning House at the Grocery.....and Home!

This week I have been preparing for triples at Harris Teeter—Yipeee! As I was looking over my coupons I realized a few coupons I had would be better used this week with the sales. So today, even though I was sick, off I went. Here is what I bought

2 Lysol Bathroom Cleaner-24 oz
2 Glad Linen Air Fresher-9 oz
3 Lysol Cling Gel Toilet Cleaner-24 oz
1 Lysol All Purpose Cleaner-40 oz
1 Lysol Spray All Purpose Cleaner-32 oz
2 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes-35 wipes
2 Oat to Go Bars-6 bars
1 Wrigley’s Gum Package-15 sticks

After handing the cashier all my coupons and an about to expire Walgreens Register Reward worth $10, she told me that it was negative 78¢ so I had to buy something else. I ended up buying another pack of gum since it was easy to grab. My grand total was 54¢ for all the list above plus a pack of gum—WOW! Now I guess with all those cleaning products I need to clean house.

Saving Money

At the beginning of the year I began to use coupons. I mostly used coupons at grocery stores. My favorite store is Harris Teeter due to the fact it doubles all coupons under $1 and almost every month has four days that they triple all coupons under $1. Just an example—last week Ken’s Steakhouse Salad Dressing was Buy One Get One Free. The regular price was $3.20. In addition to the sale, I had a $1 off coupon so my final price per bottle was $.60. With such a great price I bought lots that will hopefully last this year.

The website that I started my couponing adventure with was http://savvydollar.org/ It’s a great site that is totally focused on my area. But this last week I discovered a new website about couponing - http://www.southernsavers.com/ I ended up just printing the list from the site for my local drugstores, downloaded or cut the coupons and went shopping. Below are the deals I got at Walgreens (RR are Register Rewards that act just like cash):

Walgreens Deals 3/2/09
(Three different checkouts so I could get and then use RRs)

6 Vita-Shampoo & Conditioner FREE-Rebate
Axel Hair Gel FREE-Rebate
Colgate Toothpaste $.49
2 small boxes of Ritz +$.01
3 boxes Fiber One Chewy bars $1.92
2 bags Jelly Beans $.99
Vaseline Lotion $.44 and $2 RR
Colgate Max $3.49 and $3.50 RR
3 Clorox Wipes $5 and $1 RR
Nivea Lip Gloss $.99
2 Esencia Shampoo & Conditioner Free-Rebate
Milk Gallon $2.79
2 Cottenelle Fresh Wipes $2.89
Splenda-100 count $1.94

Cost without coupons, rebates and sales: $129.92
Cost without RRs: $ 21.88
RRs (Earn on products with purchase) $ 6.50 RR
RRs (Earn on past purchases) $ 3.00 RR
Total I spent: $ 12.38

So I think my couponing is definitely saving me money. I have a goal to save $5000 this year and to give away at least 50 items. Though I think I should raise my goal as I just calculated my savings since January and it is $1824.93—Wahoo! Many times I get products free or for very little so it gives me an opportunity to help others.

That Takes the Cake

I always have to have something creative in my life. I have done a variety of things like stamping, stained glass, scrapbooking, cake and cookie decorating and digital scrapbooking. Although creating cakes can be very stressful, especially with a 2 year old who always wants to eat the cake, I enjoy it. Here are a few of my latest cakes.